[Editors] Seminar on Critical Infrastructure Systems

[Susan Cass]

Dear Editors:

I would like to invite you to attend the third seminar in the 
Perspectives on Critical Infrastructure Systems series presented by 
Ralph R. Peterson, Chairman and CEO, CH2M HILL Companies, Ltd.

Title of Seminar:    Critical Infrastructure Challenges: Impacts of 
Global and Cross-
                                 Sector Trends and Driving Forces
Date:                      March 15, 2006
Place:                    MIT, Building E40-496, One Amherst Street, 
Cambridge, MA
Time:                     4:00 - 5:00, Reception at 3:30
Co-Sponsored by:  MIT's Center for Technology, Policy, and Industrial 
Development
                               (CTPID) and Engineering Systems Division (ESD).

Abstract:  The resiliency and/or vulnerability of critical 
infrastructure is receiving a great deal of attention, with much of 
that attention focused at a national level and directed to specific 
infrastructure components such as power, information technology, 
telecommunications, water, transportation or health care.

There are, however, some important global and cross-sector trends and 
driving forces which are shaping the context and key dimensions of 
this critical infrastructure resiliency/vulnerability debate.  These 
global/cross-sector trends include:  globalization of economic 
activity including especially just-in-time global supply chains; 
industry consolidation; population/demographic trends including 
demand growth, urbanization and population diversification; and 
natural resource limitations including both resource material supply 
and environmental aspects.

In this seminar, we will explore these global and cross-sector trends 
and issues, and seek to illuminate the potential for these global 
and/or cross-sector "interconnections" to amplify critical 
infrastructure vulnerabilities.

Speaker's Bio:  Ralph R. Peterson is Chairman, President and CEO of 
CH2M HILL Companies Ltd. He has worked for the firm since 1965. He 
served as the firm's Technology Director before being appointed CEO in 1991.

CH2M HILL is a global project delivery company, with annual revenues 
of $3 billion and 15,000 employees worldwide. The firm provides 
consulting engineering, project development, design, construction 
management and facility operation services to a diverse array of 
public and private clients. It serves numerous fields including 
water, environment, transportation, energy, telecommunications, 
high-tech manufacturing and nuclear facilities.


Please pass this invitation on to interested students and colleagues.

Thank you,

Susan Cass

Susan C. Cass
Communications Manager
Center for Technology, Policy, and Industrial Development
E40-237
617-253-8973
scass at mit.edu

web.mit.edu/cptid.www
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